69

62

69.1

71.7

72.9

.539

.559

1.0%

32.1%

33.1%

8.4%

4.7%

Between Mike Trout, the slow start, the Greinke trade, and the generally disappointing Angels season, Albert Pujols is having just about the quietest top-20 TAv season a man could have.

2

65

67

68.7

67.8

67.4

.509

.489

0.4%

0.5%

0.9%

-0.3%

-6.2%

I don't really know if Kevin Towers is a good GM or just an OK one, but if he were ever out of a job, someone should hire him as their Bullpen Building Consultant in a heartbeat.

3

74

57

74.5

72.8

72.8

.561

.542

9.4%

80.1%

89.5%

-0.1%

3.2%

The best daytime hitter on the Braves is David Ross: .368/.446/.684. What's the opposite of a vampire?

4

72

58

60.3

57.4

59.3

.479

.499

2.9%

19.8%

22.7%

6.5%

15.1%

Zach Britton reached double digits in strikeouts for the first time in his career. Over his last three starts: 21 2/3 innings, 21 K, 5 BB, 3 R, 31 grounders to 19 flies.

5

62

70

68.2

70.3

70.9

.514

.534

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

-0.5%

James Loney hitting .412/.444/.588 in his first couple of Red Sox games puts Kelly Shoppach's trolling to shame.

6

72

58

72.7

69.0

68.4

.542

.562

76.1%

10.1%

86.2%

1.0%

4.1%

Hector Gimenez got his tenth career at-bat last night. The first one was in 2006.

7

50

80

52.9

50.0

50.3

.391

.372

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Starlin Castro had a single, a triple, and a walk, and after the game he got distracted in the middle of autographing a little girl's ball and wandered off.

8

80

52

74.8

72.9

71.3

.566

.547

98.4%

1.5%

99.9%

0.2%

1.5%

I ate lunch with an intern in my organization one time in a town somewhere near Cincinnati. The street literally just had chain restaurants, in a specific and repeating pattern. It was weird. The Reds are good.

9

55

76

50.2

55.3

55.9

.413

.433

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Justin Masterson gave up homers to Coco Crisp and Cliff Pennington. In the same game. One feels that our good Mr. Masterson might have some weakness against lefties.

10

53

76

55.3

52.6

52.6

.414

.394

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Rockies (713 runs allowed, tops by 38 runs) have been charged with giving succor to their enemies. Or maybe that's giving suckers to their enemies. Or both. Bud Selig just kind of mumbled a lot during the press conference.

11

69

61

68.1

70.3

71.0

.535

.555

23.9%

23.7%

47.6%

-7.8%

-27.4%

Is Prince Fielder the second-best significantly overweight player ever? He's got a .410 OBP and .522 SLG like it ain't even a thing.

12

40

91

45.4

45.6

45.7

.337

.319

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Fernando Rodriguez has nine losses as a middle reliever. How many teams would tolerate his 5.96 ERA? Seriously: he's lucky to be an Astro. If he'd been, say, a Yankee, he'd be making minor-league money right now. Instead he's got a mid-six-figures salary.

13

59

71

59.5

57.2

57.1

.448

.468

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Jeremy Guthrie with the Rockies: whatever man. Jeremy Guthrie with Kansas City: four gems in his last five starts.

14

70

62

69.0

67.4

66.9

.518

.498

11.4%

10.4%

21.8%

-4.2%

-1.7%

A shrug-your-shoulders game for Clayton Kershaw involves six innings, two runs, and nine strikeouts. It's not really fair.

15

59

72

55.5

56.6

57.2

.436

.416

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Giancarlo Stanton.

16

62

68

66.2

66.0

63.4

.495

.475

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.2%

0.0%

I don't have a good joke about Jonathan Lucroy's seven RBI, so: Francisco Rodriguez should start a service where if you're feeling too good about yourself, if things are going suspiciously well in your life, he'll show up and ruin everything.

17

53

78

55.0

57.7

57.9

.427

.446

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Darin Mastroianni pinch-ran for Ryan Doumit, stole second and third on Jesus Montero, and then shot a Neo New Wave film about death and carnivals.

18

75

55

75.0

76.1

77.1

.583

.603

91.4%

7.1%

98.5%

0.2%

-0.8%

New York starts a key series with Baltimore today. Just soak that in for a second.

19

61

70

61.6

65.5

66.8

.487

.467

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

I don't like that Jonathon Niese has that weird "o" at the end of his name. He's got a 3.55 ERA, though, so I guess he can do as he please.

20

73

57

71.4

68.5

68.9

.542

.562

3.8%

57.5%

61.3%

1.8%

37.1%

Brandon Moss walked once in five trips while the rest of the lineup had 13 hits, seven for extra bases. The bloom might be off his ... moss.

21

62

69

62.4

65.7

65.8

.488

.468

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

I don't want to make this a bigger thing than it is (the Phillies aren't even in last place in their division, after all) but: this team won at least 86 games nine straight years and ten of eleven, going to the playoffs in the last five of those. Now they're a .473 team benching their shortstop for lack of hustle. All good things ...

22

70

60

67.7

67.1

65.5

.520

.500

0.4%

32.8%

33.2%

5.8%

6.6%

The Pirates and Cardinals have the same home record and differ by just one win (and no losses) on the road. They're also 82 runs apart in differential.

23

61

71

60.7

62.0

60.8

.463

.443

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

San Diego has the best "last 10" record in the league, at 9-1. It's a great time to make a run, as they're now just 10 1/2 games back of a wild card spot.